Letters

To the editor:
Before you decide how to vote on the Defense of Marriage Act, you may wish to consider what you know about your family and friends.
Many of us have a brother, sister, niece, uncle, child or other family member or friend who is gay. We may not know the truth about that person’s sexual orientation. If we are socially or politically conservative, or outspoken against gay rights, our gay loved ones are less likely to have revealed their true nature to us.

To the editor:
I appreciate your newspaper running information two weeks ago about the four people running for the judge’s seat left vacant by the retirement of Judge Napoleon Barefoot Jr.
I feel certain all four of these candidates are excellent people, and any of them would make our county and this district an excellent judge. They all seem to have the experience needed to fulfill a job that is crucial to our justice system.

To the editor:
Last year when the town of Sunset Beach voted to impose a fine for leaving trash receptacles at the curb, I wrote expressing alarm that intelligent people, when elected, could act so stupidly.
Happily, after a few months, the town rescinded that ordinance and I felt common sense had prevailed.

To the editor:
I am a retired school administrator from Westchester County, N.Y. I had the privilege of being invited to be a committee member for the selection of Brunswick County’s Teacher of the Year by Darrell Cheers, central office administration, committee chairman.

To the editor:
It sure would be wonderful to have a grocery store in the immediate vicinity of N.C. 211 and U.S. 17. There is a huge amount of traffic going through that intersection, as well as a growing population living nearby.
What is the population of people living within an eight-mile radius of that intersection, as well as how much traffic goes through it? What is the history of population growth in that eight-mile radius, as well as future projections?

To the editor:
Re: “Tree City award should go back to Forest Service” by Alvin Franklin.
It’s important to understand the Tree City USA program is an initial step for many communities toward managing tree resources. The goal is to encourage communities to expand their efforts and increase their level of management.

To the editor:
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the liberal senator from New York, coined this phrase some years ago to depict the increasing public tolerance for deviant and or outrageous behavior: “What was once intolerable becomes accepted as an apathetic or brainwashed public begins to regard it as normal.”

To the editor:
In response to Mr. John Saxton’s letter in the April 12 issue of The Beacon, polygamy was sanctioned in the Old Testament to populate the earth. He was correct that Abraham and David had more than one wife, but they were not sinning.
Since Mr. Saxton used the Bible to prove his point, I suggest he read the King James Version: Leviticus 20:13, which states: “If a man also lie with man-kind as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.”

To the editor:
With regard to the article on the $7 million cost of a terminal groin on Ocean Isle Beach: Unfortunately, there are documented continuing costs associated with the installation of groins which have caused downstream damage to beaches and properties along the North Carolina coast; such as those at Atlantic Beach–Fort Macon and Pea Island, both touted as success stories by Mayor D. Smith in “News Breakers” (Volume 1, Number 1).